 The player on the other side is hidden from us. We know that his play is always fair, just, and patient. But also we know, to our cost, that he never overlooks a mistake, or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance. To the man who plays well, the highest...  Language for Men of Affairs - Page 1481920Full view - About this book
 | John Michels (Journalist) - 1919 - 688 pages
...But also we know, to our cost, that he never over looks a mistake, or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance. To the man who plays well, the highest stakes are paid, with that sort of overflow ing generosity with which the strong shows île light in strength, and one who plays ill is... | |
 | John Swett - 1884 - 412 pages
...patient. But also we know, to our cost, that he never overlooks a mistake, or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance. To the man who plays well, the highest...sort of overflowing generosity with which the strong shows delight in strength. And one who plays ill is checkmated — without haste, but without remorse.... | |
 | Alfred Williams Momerie - 1885 - 408 pages
...patient. But also we know, to our cost, that he never overlooks a mistake or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance. To the man who plays well, the highest...sort of overflowing generosity with which the strong shows delight in strength. And one who plays ill is checkmated, without haste, but without remorse."... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1885 - 728 pages
...patient, but also we know, to our cost, that he never overlooks a mistake, or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance. To the man who plays well, the highest...sort of overflowing generosity with which the strong shows delight in strength ; and one who plays ill is checkmated, without haste, but without remorse."... | |
 | 1886 - 894 pages
...patient. But also we know to our cost that he never overlooks a mistake or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance. To the man who plays well the highest...are paid, with that sort of overflowing generosity which with the strong shows delight in strength. And one who plays ill is checkmated — without haste,... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1886 - 354 pages
...well, the highest stakes me paid, with that soit of overflowing generosity with which the strong shows delight in strength. And one who plays ill is checkmated — without haste, but without remorse. My mcUiph.ir will lemiml pome of you of the famous picture in which Relzsch has depicted Satan playing... | |
 | George Salmon - 1887 - 392 pages
...patient ; but also we know to our cost that he never overlooks a mistake or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance. To the man who plays well the highest...sort of overflowing generosity with which the strong man shows delight in strength ; and one who plays ill is checkmated without haste but without remorse.i... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1887 - 222 pages
...patient. But also we know to our cost that he never overlooks a mistake or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance. To the man who plays well the highest...are paid, with that sort of overflowing generosity which with the strong shows delight in strength. And one who plays ill is checkmated—without haste,... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1887 - 222 pages
...well the highest stakes are paid, with that sort of overflowing generosity which with the strong shows delight in strength. And one who plays ill is checkmated — without haste, but without remorse." I have elsewhere endeavoured to show the purifying and ennobling influence of science upon religion;... | |
 | John Franklin Genung - 1902 - 324 pages
...patient. But also we know, to our cost, that he never overlooks a mistake, or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance. To the man who plays well, the highest stakes are paid, with that sort of overthere is anything in the previous part of the sentence against using it. See Rhet. p. 129, examples,... | |
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